Watergate flood solutions

HCM City People's Committee held a conference to call for investment into anti-flooding and wastewater treatment projects on August 9. HCM City threatened by floods Reports from the city’s Urban Flood Control Programme showed that the city is being badly affected by the tides via the Saigon-Dong Nai-Vam Co Dong river system. The tidal peak from 1962 to 2001 was under 1.5 metres but due to climate change, the peak surpassed 1.5 metres after 2010 and reached 1.62-1.68 metres in the past five years. More and more heavy rains have occurred while the sewer system is insufficient. According to the general planning of HCM City's drainage system to 2020, the city needs 6,000km of sewers to cover a 581.51-square-kilometre area but only 4,176km have been built. It also needs 12 wastewater treatment plants with total capacity to deal with over 3 million cubic metres per day. Currently, there are only Binh Hung Wastewater Treatment Plant with a capacity of 141,000 cubic metres and … [Read more...] about HCM City threatened by floods and subsidence

This has been a problem that Hanoi’s leading officials have been working to solve for years, and as yet have failed to find a successful solution for. A downpour which brings around 50 to 100mm of water during a two hour period will likely cause flooding in 15 areas, according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Hanoi Sewage and Drainage Company recently came up with the idea of building an underground pool at the crossroads of Duong Thanh and Hang Da streets, in order to prevent flooding. Photo for illustration. Source: VTC The proposed underground pool which has been submitted to the municipal People’s Committee for feedback would be able to store 2,000 cubic metres of water. Vo Tien Hung, the company’s director, said that the pool will apply cross-wave technology from Japan, which uses polypropylene – a kind of thermoplastic polymer to soak up water. The company is asking Japan to work with polymer … [Read more...] about Underground anti-flood pool proposed in Hanoi

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI - Summer has come along with heavy downpour, and with each bout of torrential rain parts of the city remain flooded for hours. This has been a problem that Hà Nội’s leading officials have been working to solve for years, and as yet have failed to find a successful solution for. A downpour which brings around 50 to 100mm of water during a two hour period will likely cause flooding in 15 areas, according to the municipal Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Hà Nội Sewage and Drainage Company recently came up with the idea of building an underground pool at the crossroads of Đường Thành and Hàng Da streets, in order to prevent flooding. The proposed underground pool which has been submitted to the municipal People’s Committee for feedback would be able to store 2,000 cubic metres of water. Võ Tiến Hùng, the company director said that the pool will apply cross-wave … [Read more...] about Underground anti-flood pool proposed in Hà Nội

The Hanoitimes - Hanoi People`s Committee yesterday held a seminar on "Anti-flood Solution" with the participation of international experts to listen and share experiences, modern models, the effect of prevention anti-flooding and climate change.
Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee chaired the workshop
Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Committee, Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee chaired the workshop. Experts from Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam have concluded that Hanoi needs a modern sewage system for flooding prevention. The idea was raised at the conference. Four main measures were discussed for flood prevention: a modern warning system, reservoirs to contain rain water, improving the sewage system and setting a task force to operate the sewage system. The experts suggested building underground reservoirs for rain water in football grounds, parking lots, school and hospital grounds. Smaller reservoirs could be built … [Read more...] about Hanoi: Synchronization solutions for anti-flood plan recommended

Ho Chi Minh City Party’s Committee and People’s Committee on Tuesday met with a group of foreign experts from Japan, Europe, Malaysia and Taiwan (China) to listen their experiences, suggestions and anti-flood solutions for the city.
The experts said that HCMC flooding has reached red alarming level especially after heavy rains in early September.
New technologies should be applied to upgrade the drainage system and build infrastructure for anti-flooding works, they proposed.
At first, the city should resurvey all anti-flooding solutions that have been implemented to get exact data before mapping out new and up-to-date projects and supplementing better measures for the purpose.
The experts said they would assist the city with ideas for reference, help train human resources, and carry out new solutions.
According to the HCMC Steering Center for Urban Flood Control Program, the city will continue improving rainwater and wastewater drainage systems in accordance with its … [Read more...] about HCMC seeks anti-flooding solutions from foreign experts